Arkansas EFA: Using Your Funds for Learning Help at Home
Learning Success is an approved vendor in the ClassWallet marketplaces for Arizona and Arkansas. This page explains the rules, whichever provider you choose.
The Arkansas Department of Education runs the Education Freedom Account, or EFA. Arkansas's EFA currently uses ClassWallet. Arkansas's rule, as changed on June 29, 2026, names curricula and tutoring services. It also names subscriptions for course-specific programs. We checked these rules in October 2026. Nothing here promises approval.
TL;DR
- Arkansas's program is the Education Freedom Account, or EFA. The Arkansas Department of Education runs it.
- Arkansas's EFA currently uses ClassWallet. ClassWallet is the online platform where families spend the funds.
- Arkansas's rule, as changed on June 29, 2026, names curricula and tutoring services. It also names subscriptions for course-specific programs.
- Nothing here promises that a purchase will be approved. Each program decides what it pays for.
- We checked these rules in October 2026. Rules can change, so check with the program before you buy.
Arkansas EFA is Arkansas's Education Freedom Account. The Arkansas Department of Education runs it.
”Arkansas EFA (or Education Freedom Account)What the Arkansas EFA is
Arkansas's program is the Education Freedom Account, or EFA. Some parents call it an ESA too. The Arkansas Department of Education runs it.
Its full name is the Arkansas Children's Educational Freedom Account Program. The LEARNS Act created it.
As of October 2026, the Office of School Choice and Parent Empowerment runs it. That office is part of the Arkansas Department of Education.
Our ESA and EFA home page explains how these programs work.
Curricula, tutoring and online programs
Arkansas's rule, as changed on June 29, 2026, names curricula as an allowed cost. Arkansas's June 2026 rule also names tutoring services.
The June 2026 rule also names educational software and learning apps. It names subscriptions for course-specific programs too. The rule lists them as materials a course of study needs.
Arkansas's June 2026 rule also tests each cost. One part: the cost must help your child's learning directly. Another part is that the cost is needed for a documented learning goal. The test has other parts too.
A kind of cost on a list does not make a product allowed. Nothing here promises that a purchase will be approved. Each program decides what it pays for.
Online programs in Arkansas
Arkansas's 2026–27 Family Handbook lists some things the funds do not pay for. They include gaming subscriptions and streaming services.
We found no contract-year limit in Arkansas's June 2026 rule. We also found none in its 2026–27 Family Handbook, read in October 2026. Ask the Arkansas EFA office before you pay for a full year.
Our page on online programs has more.
How paying works
Arkansas's EFA currently uses ClassWallet. ClassWallet is the online platform where families spend the funds.
Arkansas's 2026–27 Family Handbook describes four ways to pay. They are payment requests, Direct Pay, the ClassWallet marketplace and reimbursement.
Under Arkansas's 2026–27 Family Handbook, you can buy from listed vendors in ClassWallet. You pay with EFA funds. Every marketplace order is still reviewed.
Under Arkansas's rule as changed on June 29, 2026, some reimbursements will need approval first. Arkansas's approval step covers reimbursement requests sent in from late December 2026. For those, costs that are not core educational expenses need approval before you buy. Core educational expenses is the rule's term for things like textbooks and workbooks. Check pre-approval in ClassWallet before you pay out of pocket.
Our page on ClassWallet covers Arkansas's marketplace and reimbursement.
Finding Arkansas EFA vendors
The Arkansas Department of Education's EFA page points families to School Choice Arkansas. It says that website has vendor search tools. We checked this in October 2026.
Who to ask
In Arkansas, there are two contacts. As of October 2026, the Department's families page lists the Office of School Choice and Parent Empowerment. That office is part of the Arkansas Department of Education. Its line is 501-683-1876, and its email is ade.efa@ade.arkansas.gov.
Arkansas's 2026–27 Family Handbook gives a different contact for the EFA program. It lists 501-462-4388 and help@schoolchoicear.org.
When we checked these rules
We checked these rules in October 2026. Rules can change, so check with the program before you buy.
Arkansas changed its EFA rule on June 29, 2026. Arkansas's newest Family Handbook is for 2026–27. It came out in September 2026. It does not describe the June 2026 rule's pre-approval step. Where the two differ, the June 2026 rule is the one in force.
These pages do not cover who qualifies or how much an account holds.
Common questions from parents
Does the Arkansas EFA pay for tutoring?
Arkansas's rule, as changed on June 29, 2026, names tutoring services. That does not mean every tutor is approved. Nothing here promises that a purchase will be approved. Each program decides what it pays for.
Can I pay for an online program with Arkansas EFA funds?
Arkansas's rule, as changed on June 29, 2026, names subscriptions for course-specific programs. The Department also has a list of non-qualifying expenses, effective August 18, 2026. That list excludes lifetime subscriptions or memberships. We found no contract-year limit in Arkansas's June 2026 rule. Ask the Arkansas EFA office before you pay for a full year.
Do these pages say how much my account holds?
No. These pages do not cover who qualifies or how much an account holds.
How to find Learning Success in ClassWallet
As of October 2026, Learning Success is listed in Arkansas's EFA marketplace on ClassWallet.
- Log in to ClassWallet.
- Open the marketplace.
- Find Learning Success among the listed vendors.
- Place your order. Arkansas's 2026–27 Family Handbook says not every marketplace item is allowed. It says every marketplace order is reviewed.